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I think the internet should be made a public good. Basic access (e.g. a default ADSL of 5 MB/s downstream and 1 MB/s upstream) should be provided without any ki
by atmosx 9y ago
I think the internet should be made a public good. Basic access (e.g. a default ADSL of 5 MB/s downstream and 1 MB/s upstream) should be provided without any kind of restraint or caveat (e.g. your data sold to the highest bidder, facebook access only, etc.) in every household or citizen in civilised societies, without any kind of authentication, authorization or identification.
IMHO that's truer as more public offices and services offer or will start offering Internet-only services.
- squidfood 9y agoIf you'd enshrined those speeds 10 years ago, you would have chosen lower numbers and we'd have a basic uniform service that was slower. Have we reached the "good enough point" with basic speeds that we should draw a line in the sand now?
- atmosx 9y ago> [...] we should draw a line in the sand now? No, we should not. Numbers should be different in every era IMHO.
- thesmallestcat 9y agoYou don't have to use "IMHO" so much, nobody takes your opinions as fact.
- devianthead 9y agoYour comment doesn't add much value to this conversation. Can we please refrain from adding argumentative comments for no reason?